Pastor Lisa Caine Encourages Church To 'Experience Moment' In First Service Since Fire
Congregants from Oconee Street Methodist held services in another church on Sunday.
Roughly 70 members of Oconee Street United Methodist Church gathered yesterday in the transformed gymnasium of Young Harris UMC for Sunday service. “Last week we met in our building on Oconee Street, and today we meet here on Prince Avenue,” said Oconee Street UMC Pastor Lisa Caine in the opening to the service. “Not much remains of our building, but our church is strong.” Caine noted how in the aftermath of the fire, the church’s large gold cross hanging on the front wall of the sanctuary remains virtually untouched amidst a collapsed roof and charred debris. “The cross still stands, and we still stand,” she said. The service – the first for Oconee Street since the April 15 blaze – followed an often-emotional children’s Sunday school …
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